• TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    China app shows global audience Chinese viewpoints! Bad!

    American app shows global audience American viewpoints! Good!

    Perhaps it is ok if humans don’t have one Borg Collective type hive mind and more than one opinion can coexist simultaneously.

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      11 months ago

      What do you think is a positive viewpoint expressed by the Chinese government that should be spread around to avoid a Borg Collective hive mind?

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      11 months ago

      The algorithm is different in China than it is in the US, this isn’t news. However we are waiting to hear what beneficial Chinese viewpoints we are lacking. Care to share?

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        11 months ago

        I have Douyin as well and the content is completely different. Same person behind the little screen. It is a lot more news, or rather opinion pieces. Sort of like clipped interviews that you’d see with pundits on MSNBC or Fox.

        It’s also a lot more critical thinking and science and maths. For example it’s almost like the TV show How It’s Made where they tour a factory and show step by step. But it’s a fast narration showing all the steps. Math tricks on how to do basic and next level up math skills in a very different way than the west is taught.

        Exercise videos but not thirst traps. Translation and learn new language videos. Lots of that.

        There is some stupid fluff that is pure entertainment. The Asians love scripted funny scenes. There is some dancing and trending songs. But the ratio is completely flipped vs. Tiktok.

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          Math tricks on how to do basic and next level up math skills in a very different way than the west is taught.

          As a math undergrad student I can tell you that if it doesn’t involve sitting down and thinking about it with pen and paper for a few hours it’s at best math related entertainment. No useful skills will be remembered.

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            As a professional that has completed multiple years of calculus, discrete math, etc, that isn’t true. If you’re doing real math, you’re sitting down and doing it.

            Most of daily adult math is 1st grader level addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The tricks are for basics for children that you use as an adult.